lib: add API to allow northbound clients to lock/unlock the running configuration
The ability to lock the running configuration to prevent other users
from changing it is a very important one. We already supported
the "configure exclusive" command but the lock was applied to
the CLI users only (other clients like ConfD could still commit
configuration transactions, ignoring the CLI lock). This commit
introduces a global lock for the running configuration that is
shared by all northbound clients, and provides a public API to
manipulate it. This way other northbound clients will also be able
to lock/unlock the running configuration if required (the upcoming
gRPC northbound plugin will have RPCs for that).
NOTE: this is a management-level lock for the running configuration,
not to be confused with low-level locks used to avoid data races.